The Philipsburg mail. [volume] (Philipsburg, Mont.) 1887-current, 1887-07-14

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items Of Interest From Both Sides
Of the Divide.
Notes Clipped and Condensed From
Exchanges Published Within
the Territory.
Anaconda is to have new brick opera
house block.
Butte is exercised over new and addi-
tional water works.
The grading on the Manitoba is within
100 miles of Great Falls.
| City Attorney Speer, of Butte, was
thrown from his buggy, last Sunday, sus-
tanning some severe injuries.
Last Sunday a valuable mare was
killed by lightning at Livingston. She
was the property of W. II. Tracy.
The Deer Lodge racing association is
thinking of changing their meeting to
date some time after the Helena fair.
The house of Thos Waymack at Thomp-
son Fails was destroyed by fire last Fri
day. Two little children were burned to
death.
Bull Shoe, the Piegan chief, has re-
turned to his native wilds without hay
ing secured conviction of the men who
stole his horses.
Mrs. Coulson hunted for her husband
last Sunday in the California Brewery
saloon, in Butte, and took him home at
the point of gun.
The Grow Indians have been awarded
$1.25 per acre for the right of way of the
Rocky Fork & Cooke City railroad
through their reservation.
The Boulder Valley railroad is now
nearly all graded distance of 3Gmiles
from Jefferson. The track is laid to the
summit of the Wickes divide.
After thirteen hotly contested round
the prize fight at Great Falls between
Con. Morris and Billy Mcclellan last
Monday was declared draw.
The American Institute of Mining En-
gineers reached Butte last Tuesday, and
were met at the station by the reception
committe of the Board Of Trade.
The report is now current that the
Butte & Bozeman short line is project
of the Union Pacific, which owns coal
mines in the vicinity of Bozeman.
The game of baseball between the Butte
Red Stockings and the Helena Stars
played at Helena last Saturday resulted
in victory for the Stars. Score, 80 to II.
The Husbandman states that negotl-
ations are pending for the sale of the
Little Dandy mine, on Trout creek
Meagher county, to some New York par
ties, for 100000.
r. B. Wallace, of Butte, will probably
take charge of the Sterling property near
Belmont, Lewis and Clarke county
which was bought year or so ago by
English parties.
A stampede of people from Bozeman
to Fort Ellis military reservation occur
red last week, it having been reported
| that the reservation had been thrown
open to settlement.
The gun club tournament at Butte
closed last Friday with the three-tean
shoot, which was won by Orton, Cooper
and Benham, with score of 33. Eight
, other teams contested.
Last Friday, at Wickes, some roughl
broke into the express and baggage Cal
of the passenger train and stole some O
the news agents goods and some effects
belonging to the train men. ...
Bishop Brewer left Missoula last Mon
day morning. He preached a very excel
lent sermon in the Episcopal church OF
Sunday, and has done excellent service
for bis cause in various ways.
1 w. Dewitt, an employe at Thompson
. mill, on Rock creek, was drowned in tha
creek on Friday evening, about sundown
He was driving across in wagon ant
was thrown out by sudden jolt.
/ Notice has been served on all the resi-
: dents on the Smokehouse lode in Butt
g not to pay more than seven thirty-sec
Q onds Of their titles to James Murray a
9 he is only interested to that extent in tn
: ground. "
The Governor has finally issued pro
clamation calling for an extra session o
the legislature on August 29th, 1887
= whereat the revenue, bounty and othe
. laws and the territorial finances will b.
considered.
: New Northwest: Prof. Chester F. Lee
. late Professor of Chemistry and Latin il
! in the COLLEGE of Montana, has been ap